Win/Linux/Mac OSX Sound API with no .DLL/.SO dependencies?

[Andru]

ALUT is a bad idea... because this is not a standard functionalty of OpenAL. If you want to play some format(e.g. wav) you should write your own decoder.

[Traveler]

I don't know if you have read them, but the tutorials from Noeska may offer some help: http://www.noeska.com/doal/tutorials.aspx.

[paul_nicholls]

ALUT is a bad idea... because this is not a standard functionalty of OpenAL. If you want to play some format(e.g. wav) you should write your own decoder.

Usually I would agree with you, but the ALUT stuff I am using in the openal.pas file is software only (has it's own WAV loader code), and doesn't use a DLL at all, so it should be just fine

@Traveler: thanks, I have seen those, I just had forgotten to do the darn alutInit() call! This is why all my sources/buffers were all at zero.

cheers,
Paul

[czar]

I was hoping to be able to us BASS for my project that I want to have on pc and Mac and maybe on iOS

However, the delphi header for Bass requires windows.

I need to play wav files and mp3.

Has any got a good solution for this issue?

I am using dlephi XE2 with firemonkey.

I am really stuck at the moment.

[code_glitch]

wav, thats the simple side. The problem then is mp3, specifically I would guess you're having trouble finding a decoder to match your license no? I heard of libmpg123 or something like that might be good...

[paul_nicholls]

If you convert the .mp3 to .ogg then I think more 3rd party sound libraries will be able to play the music. Also, .mp3 theoretically requires a license before you can play those

cheers,
Paul

[czar]

Problem is the app needs to be able to play MP3s because the user has to be able to use their own songs etc. I was hoping to use BASS but the delphi header requires windows.

I found this which gave me hope

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Fairly straightforward in Objective Pascal using the ObjC AVAudioPlayer class:

http://developer.apple.com/library/i.../AVAudioPlayer

Here's example code:

var
snd : AVAudioPlayer;
{Since sound is played asynchronously, can't release (or autorelease)
until after sound is done playing, so declare and release somewhere
outside PlaySound. Call snd.release to release.}

procedure PlaySound(sndFileName : NSString);
var
path : NSString;
url : NSURL;
err : NSError;
begin
path := NSBundle.mainBundle.resourcePath.
stringByAppendingPathComponent(sndFileName);

url := NSURL.fileURLWithPath(path);

snd := AVAudioPlayer.alloc.initWithContentsOfURL_error(ur l, @err);
if Assigned(snd) then
snd.play
else
NSLog(NSSTR('Error'));
end;
Call it like this:

PlaySound(NSSTR('Cartoon Boing.mp3'));

This file is included with iMovie. Just add your audio file(s) to your Xcode project and they'll be copied to your app bundle when you build the app.

Now, the only thing you'll need is Pascal units for the parsed Foundation and AVFoundation frameworks. Check with Embarc for that.

Thanks.

-Phil

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However, use of the word straightforward was not as straightforward for me. I cannot find a pas file to add to uses that gives me access to the AVAudioPlayer

[czar]

Actually he has just replied but I am still in the dark - I will have to read his parsing text and see I get any headway

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You'll somehow have to parse the iOS AVFoundation framework on your Mac in order to get access to the Objective C AVAudioPlayer class that you can use in Pascal as in the example code.

Note that you don't need the entire class, just the methods you need. See this explanation for how to "parse" those methods by hand for now until an updated parser is available:

https://forums.embarcadero.com/threa...427&tstart=375

Thanks.

-Phil
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I might have to put it into the too hard basket for a few weeks and come back to it